"delicacy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛlɪkəsi/ [UK] Audio: En-us-delicacy.ogg Forms: delicacies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English delicacie, from Middle English delicat, from Latin delicatus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|delicacie}} Middle English delicacie, {{der|en|enm|delicat}} Middle English delicat, {{der|en|la|delicatus}} Latin delicatus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} delicacy (countable and uncountable, plural delicacies)
  1. The quality of being delicate. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Translations (quality of being delicate): изтънченост (iztǎnčenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), деликатност (delikatnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), delicadesa [feminine] (Catalan), sarthed [common-gender] (Danish), delikatesse [common-gender] (Danish), õrnus (Estonian), herkullisuus (Finnish), délicatesse [feminine] (French), delicadeza [feminine] (Galician), Feinheit [feminine] (German), Zartheit [feminine] (German), íogaireacht [feminine] (Irish), leiceacht (note: of person) [feminine] (Irish), delicatezza [feminine] (Italian), delikatność [feminine] (Polish), finezja [feminine] (Polish), subtelność [feminine] (Polish), delicadeza [feminine] (Portuguese), делика́тность (delikátnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), утончённость (utončónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), dȅlikātnōst [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fineza [feminine] (Spanish), delicadeza [feminine] (Spanish), fragilidad [feminine] (Spanish), delikatess [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-delicacy-en-noun-D1~cO4-t Disambiguation of Foods: 54 12 2 9 20 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -acy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 21 13 4 6 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -acy: 60 15 3 3 8 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 10 3 3 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 7 6 2 4 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 5 2 2 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 63 8 4 11 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 67 9 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 62 8 7 7 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 81 5 2 5 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 70 10 3 3 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 67 9 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 9 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 66 15 3 2 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 67 9 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 9 3 3 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 57 10 7 8 14 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 75 8 3 3 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 67 8 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 77 8 2 2 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 77 8 2 2 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 67 9 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 67 9 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 77 8 2 2 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 67 9 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 76 9 2 2 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 62 11 6 3 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 67 9 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 64 9 4 9 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 88 4 1 3 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 92 3 1 1 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 37 15 13 9 21 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 66 11 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 77 8 2 2 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 68 9 3 7 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 7 1 1 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 68 8 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 67 9 3 8 8 5 Disambiguation of 'quality of being delicate': 94 4 1 0 0 1
  2. Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something appealing, especially a pleasing food): лакомство (lakomstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), деликатес (delikates) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 美味 (měiwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 珍味 (zhēnwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 美食 (měishí) (Chinese Mandarin), 珍饈 (Chinese Mandarin), 珍馐 (zhēnxiū) (Chinese Mandarin), 佳餚 (Chinese Mandarin), 佳肴 (jiāyáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 嘉殽 (Chinese Mandarin), 嘉淆 (jiāyáo) (Chinese Mandarin), lahůdka [feminine] (Czech), delikatesa [feminine] (Czech), delikatesse [common-gender] (Danish), lækkerbisken [common-gender] (Danish), lekkernij [feminine] (Dutch), herkku (Finnish), gourmandise [feminine] (French), Delikatesse [feminine] (German), Leckerbissen [masculine] (German), Köstlichkeit [feminine] (German), מַעֲדָן (ma'adan) [masculine] (Hebrew), מַטְעָם (mat'ám) [masculine] (Hebrew), herkku (Ingrian), prelibatezza [feminine] (Italian), leccornia [feminine] (Italian), squisitezza [feminine] (Italian), 珍味 (chinmi) (alt: ちんみ) (Japanese), 美味 (bimi) (alt: びみ) (Japanese), デリカシー (derikashī) (Japanese), жеңсiк тағам (jeñsik tağam) (Kazakh), жеңсiк ас (jeñsik as) (Kazakh), чүйгүн (cüygün) (Kyrgyz), scītāmentum [neuter] (Latin), mattea [feminine] (Latin), delikatese [feminine] (Latvian), Delikatess [feminine] (Luxembourgish), horotai (Maori), delikatesse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), delikatesse [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Lakjabeskje [neuter] (Plautdietsch), delikates [masculine] (Polish), delicje [feminine, plural] (Polish), przysmak [masculine] (Polish), iguaria (Portuguese), guloseima (Portuguese), деликате́с (delikatɛ́s) [masculine] (Russian), ла́комство (lákomstvo) [neuter] (Russian), delikatèsa [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pòslastica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), exquisitez [feminine] (Spanish), golosina [feminine] (Spanish), manjar [masculine] (Spanish), delikatess [common-gender] (Swedish), mỹ vị (alt: 美味) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-delicacy-en-noun-OphhM3Kl Disambiguation of 'something appealing, especially a pleasing food': 7 76 5 2 5 4
  3. Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (elegance of construction or appearance): изтънченост (iztǎnčenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), hienostuneisuus (Finnish), fineza (Portuguese), утончённость (utončónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), dȅlikātnōst [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fineza [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-delicacy-en-noun-022dcPLv Disambiguation of 'elegance of construction or appearance': 4 6 81 1 5 3
  4. Frailty of health or fitness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-delicacy-en-noun-L97upGQp
  5. Refinement in taste or discrimination. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (refinement in taste): изтънченост (iztǎnčenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), skrøbelighed [common-gender] (Danish), hienostuneisuus (Finnish), Delikatesse [feminine] (German), refinamento (Portuguese), fineza (Portuguese), утончённость (utončónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), изы́сканность (izýskannostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), dȅlikātnōst [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-delicacy-en-noun-sOKByqAa Disambiguation of 'refinement in taste': 4 12 4 3 74 3
  6. Tact and propriety; the need for such tact. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-delicacy-en-noun-BEYoPX6U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hyperdelicacy, indelicacy, overdelicacy Related terms: delicate, delicatessen, delicious, delight

Inflected forms

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        {
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          "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
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        {
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        {
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          "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
          "word": "iguaria"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
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          "roman": "delikatɛ́s",
          "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "деликате́с"
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        {
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          "roman": "lákomstvo",
          "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "delikatèsa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 76 5 2 5 4",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "exquisitez"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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        {
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          "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "manjar"
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    },
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          "text": "[…] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, and the blame will rather lie with its own delicacy than with the carelessness of the crusher.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztǎnčenost",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изтънченост"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "delikatnost",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "деликатност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delicadesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sarthed"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "delikatesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "word": "õrnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "word": "herkullisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "délicatesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delicadeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Feinheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zartheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "íogaireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "of person",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leiceacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delicatezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delikatność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "finezja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "subtelność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delicadeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "delikátnostʹ",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "делика́тность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utončónnostʹ",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "утончённость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dȅlikātnōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fineza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delicadeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fragilidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "quality of being delicate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "delikatess"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lakomstvo",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лакомство"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "delikates",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "деликатес"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "měiwèi",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "美味"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēnwèi",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "珍味"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "měishí",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "美食"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "珍饈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēnxiū",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "珍馐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "佳餚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāyáo",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "佳肴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "嘉殽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāyáo",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "嘉淆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāyáo",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "佳肴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lahůdka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delikatesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "delikatesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lækkerbisken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lekkernij"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "herkku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gourmandise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Delikatesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Leckerbissen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Köstlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ma'adan",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַעֲדָן"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mat'ám",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַטְעָם"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "herkku"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prelibatezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leccornia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "squisitezza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちんみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chinmi",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "珍味"
    },
    {
      "alt": "びみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bimi",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "美味"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "derikashī",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "デリカシー"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jeñsik tağam",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "жеңсiк тағам"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jeñsik as",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "жеңсiк ас"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "cüygün",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "чүйгүн"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scītāmentum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mattea"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delikatese"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Delikatess"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "horotai"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delikatesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delikatesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lakjabeskje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delikates"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "delicje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przysmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "iguaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "guloseima"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "delikatɛ́s",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "деликате́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lákomstvo",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ла́комство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delikatèsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pòslastica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exquisitez"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "golosina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manjar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "delikatess"
    },
    {
      "alt": "美味",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
      "word": "mỹ vị"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztǎnčenost",
      "sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изтънченост"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
      "word": "hienostuneisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
      "word": "fineza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utončónnostʹ",
      "sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "утончённость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dȅlikātnōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fineza"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztǎnčenost",
      "sense": "refinement in taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изтънченост"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "refinement in taste",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skrøbelighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "refinement in taste",
      "word": "hienostuneisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "refinement in taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Delikatesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "refinement in taste",
      "word": "refinamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "refinement in taste",
      "word": "fineza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utončónnostʹ",
      "sense": "refinement in taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "утончённость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izýskannostʹ",
      "sense": "refinement in taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изы́сканность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "refinement in taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dȅlikātnōst"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "delicacy"
  ],
  "word": "delicacy"
}

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